Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 2012, 3:36 AM EST for 6 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 22 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2012, 3:36 AM EST (08:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2012, 3:58 AM EST
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Breathitt County, KY, Clay County, KY, Knott County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 233 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1094 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 86 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 556 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1028 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
826 WUUS53 KJKL 240836 SVRJKL KYC025-051-119-131-189-193-240915- /O.NEW.KJKL.SV.W.0013.120224T0836Z-120224T0915Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 336 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN BREATHITT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... WESTERN KNOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... NORTHERN LESLIE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... SOUTHEASTERN OWSLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 415 AM EST * AT 330 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SPURLOCK...OR 9 MILES EAST OF MANCHESTER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BUCKHORN LAKE S.P....CONFLUENCE...GAYS CREEK AND MOSLEY BEND AROUND 345 AM EST. LAMONT...KRYPTON...CHAVIES AND BARWICK AROUND 350 AM EST. DICE...NED...WATTS AND CLAYHOLE AROUND 355 AM EST. ROWDY...ARY AND NOBLE AROUND 400 AM EST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2... WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3760 8308 3728 8288 3711 8357 3728 8370 TIME...MOT...LOC 0836Z 239DEG 47KT 3724 8353 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ BECKER
1 follow-up statement
308 WWUS53 KJKL 240858 SVSJKL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 358 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 KYC025-051-119-131-189-193-240908- /O.CAN.KJKL.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120224T0915Z/ KNOTT KY-LESLIE KY-OWSLEY KY-PERRY KY-BREATHITT KY-CLAY KY- 358 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CLAY... SOUTHEASTERN BREATHITT...NORTHERN PERRY...SOUTHEASTERN OWSLEY... NORTHERN LESLIE AND WESTERN KNOTT COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3760 8308 3728 8288 3711 8357 3728 8370 TIME...MOT...LOC 0858Z 239DEG 47KT 3738 8322 $$ BECKER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 1:24 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan | 36 min |
| Feb 24, 1:59 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 17 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:24 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin, Martin, Perry and 1 more | 51 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.